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WHITEHALL
Next rates revaluation 'most contentious yet'
By Michael Burton | 04 February 2016
The next revaluation of business rates on which local authority income will increasingly depend w...
HEALTH
MPs: Lack of fiscal devo is 'nonsensical'
By Heather Jameson | 03 February 2016
Devolving power without fiscal devolution is ‘utterly nonsensical,’ a new House of Commons report...
WHITEHALL
Committee mulling over 100% business rates retention plans
By MJ reporter | 03 February 2016
Local government finance experts have briefed MPs on the potential impact of proposals to allow c...
FINANCE
Councils 'punished' for low reserves
By Sam Clayden | 03 February 2016
Councils that keep reserves low are being ‘punished’ as the sector is told it must now use them t...
FINANCE
Sector faces £1.5bn bill for backdated NHS relief
By Dan Peters | 03 February 2016
Local government could be hit with a bill of up to £1.5bn after 60 NHS trusts suggested they migh...
FINANCE
Collaboration is the key to a fair result
By Cllr Neil Clarke | 28 January 2016
Cllr Paul Carter and Cllr Neil Clarke unite to demand an even-handed, needs based funding formula...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Rush for devo is a 'threat to economy'
By Sam Clayden | 27 January 2016
The current approach to devolution threatens to entrench the failings of the existing economic sy...
WHITEHALL
'Agree, or I'll set a plan,' says Clark
By Dan Peters | 27 January 2016
Communities secretary Greg Clark has urged the sector to strike an agreement on how business rate...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Clark: DCLG will be devo partner not promulgator
By Sam Clayden | 26 January 2016
As the sector moves towards a world of greater local powers, the Department for Communities and L...
WHITEHALL
Counties and mets fight over settlement
By Heather Jameson | 22 January 2016
A lobbying battle has broken out between Metropolitan and county councils in the wake of the loca...
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